Facts  for  the  Public 


The  New  York 
Public  Library 
1921 


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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

General  Statement   -----  5 

Reference  Department    -  11 

Hours  of  Opening     -  12 

Circulation  Department       -  15 

Hours  of  Opening      -  30 

Special  Collections    -  17 

Picture  Collection     -  21 

Extension  Division     -  21 

Library  for  the  Blind     -  22 

Children's  Rooms       -  23 

School  Work  ------  26 

Library  School    ------  27 

Municipal  Reference  Library     -     -  29 

Directory  of  Branch  Libraries    -     -  31-42 

Board  of  Trustees     -----  43 

Officers  of  Board  -----  44 

Staff  Officers     ------  44-46 

Publications  ------     -  47 


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GENERAL  STATEMENT 


THE  corporate  existence  of  The  New  York 
Public  Library  began  May  23,  1895,  by  the 
consolidation  of  the  Astor  Library,  the 
Lenox  Library  and  the  Tilden  Trust.  The 
Astor  Library,  incorporated  1849,  owned  at 
the  time  of  consolidation  a  fund  of  $941,000 
and  266,147  books.  The  Lenox  Library, 
incorporated  1870,  owned  in  1895  a  fund  of 
$505,500  and  86,000  books.  The  Tilden 
Trust  (founded  by  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  who 
died  1886)  brought  to  the  Library  $2,000,000. 
In  1901  the  New  York  Free  Circulating 
Library,  with  11  branches,  was  consolidated 
with  the  new  system.  Between  1901  and 
1904,  the  New  York  Free  Circulating  Li- 
brary for  the  Blind,  the  Aguilar,  St.  Agnes, 
Harlem,  Tottenville,  Washington  Heights, 
University  Settlement,  Webster  and  Cathe- 
dral Libraries  all  joined  the  corporation. 
In  1901  Andrew  Carnegie  gave  $5,200,000  to 
Greater  New  York  for  library  buildings,  on 
condition  that  the  city  provide  the  land  and 
maintain  the  libraries  when  built.  With  that 
part  of  the  gift  which  was  assigned  to  The 
New  York  Public  Library,  37  branches  have 
been  built.  (The  Boroughs  of  Brooklyn  and 
Queens  have  their  own  libraries.  The  New 
York  Public  Library  serves  the  Boroughs 
of  Manhattan,  The  Bronx,  and  Richmond.) 

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There  are  in  The  New  York  Public  Library, 
outside  the  Central  Building,  42  branches.  In 
addition  there  are  6  sub-branches,  in  build- 
ings not  owned  by  the  Library,  and  the  Mu- 
nicipal Reference  Library  in  the  Municipal 
Building. 

The  Library  is  administered  by  a  board 
of  twenty-five  trustees,  of  which  number  the 
Mayor,  the  Comptroller,  and  the  President 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  serve  ex-officio. 
The  executive  officer  of  the  corporation  is 
the  Director. 

The  work  of  the  Library  is  carried  on  in 
the  Central  Building  at  476  Fifth  Avenue 
(40th  to  42nd  streets)  and  in  the  branch 
libraries,  of  which  thirty-one  are  in  Man- 
hattan, seven  in  The  Bronx,  and  four  in 
Richmond. 

The  Central  Building  was  built  for  The 
New  York  Public  Library  by  the  City  of 
New  York,  at  an  approximate  cost,  exclusive 
of  the  ground  which  was  owned  by  the  City, 
of  $9,000,000.  The  architects  were  Carrere 
and  Hastings.  It  was  opened  to  the  public 
on  May  23,  1911.  The  Library  occupies  the 
building  as  a  tenant  under  terms  of  a  con- 
tract with  the  City,  dated  December  8,  1897. 
This  building  serves  as  the  centre  of  the 
whole  library  system  and  contains  the 
administrative  offices  of  both  Reference 
and  Circulation  Departments,  the  main  ref- 
erence collections  (i.  e.  the  books  from  the 
Astor    and    Lenox    Libraries,    and  those 


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bought  since  consolidation  with  the  income 
from  the  endowment  funds  of  the  Library), 
a  branch  for  the  circulation  of  books,  a 
children's  room,  a  training  school  for  libra- 
rians, and  also  the  Extension  Division  (for- 
merly the  Travelling  Library  Office),  and 
the  Library  for  the  Blind. 

Running  expenses  of  the  Central  Building, 
salaries  of  Reference  Department  employees, 
purchases  of  books  for  the  reference  collec- 
tions and  for  the  Central  Circulation  Branch 
and  Central  Children's  Room,  and  salaries 
of  employees  in  Central  Circulation  and 
Central  Children's  Room  are  all  paid  by  the 
Library  out  of  its  own  funds  without 
expense  to  the  City. 

Administration  of  the  branch  libraries  is 
conducted  by  the  trustees  in  accordance 
with  contracts  entered  into  between  the  City 
and  the  Library  on  July  17,  1901,  and  March 
20,  1902. 

On  January  1,  1921,  there  were  in  the 
Reference  Department  1,471,724  books  and 
pamphlets:  the  Circulation  Department  had 
1,157,414  books.  The  total  number  in  the 
Library  was,  therefore,  2,629,138.  Exceeded 
in  size  only  by  the  Library  of  Congress  in 
this  country,  and  by  two  or  three  European 
libraries,  it  is  the  first  library  in  the  world  in 
point  of  use.  The  average  annual  number  of 
persons  recorded  as  using  the  Reference 
Department  from  1915  to  1919  was  838,623. 
The  actual  use  is  much  larger;  this  count 


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includes  only  those  who  apply  on  written 
slips  for  books.  Thousands  of  books  are 
used  without  written  application.  The  aver- 
age annual  number  of  books  lent  for  home 
use  by  the  Circulation  Department,  from 
1915  to  1919,  was  10,148,501.  In  1920,  there 
were  976,164  persons  recorded  as  using 
books  in  the  Reference  Department;  they 
were  supplied  with  2,243,131  volumes.  The 
number  of  books  lent  for  home  use  through 
the  Circulation  Department  in  1920  was 
9,658,977.  Visitors  to  the  Central  Building 
in  1920  numbered  2,696,609.  The  daily  aver- 
age was  7,388.  The  number  of  employees  on 
December  31,  1920,  was  1,215.  Of  these,  508 
were  in  the  Reference  Department,  11  in  the 
Municipal  Reference  Library,  and  696  in  the 
Circulation  Department.* 

To  maintain  the  Reference  Department 
in  1920,  the  Library  disbursed  $930,170.45 
chiefly  from  its  own  endowments.  In  1920 
the  disbursement  for  the  Municipal  Refer- 
ence Branch  was  $20,531.87,  of  which  sum  the 
City  gave  $20,217.17.  For  the  Circulation  De- 
partment in  1920  was  expended  $1,117,571.01, 
of  which  the  City  gave  $1,022,048.15. 

A  list  of  the  Branches,  with  directions  for 
reaching  them,  telephone  numbers,  etc.,  is 
given  on  pages  31-42. 


*  The  figures  concerning  the  employees  show  the 
number  of  persons  upon  the  payroll  at  that  date,  dis- 
regarding whether  they  held  full-time  or  part-time  posi- 
tions.   Figures  for  the  Library  School  are  not  included. 

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The  Library  is  not  a  "rich"  institution. 
It  has  a  number  of  funds  for  special  pur- 
poses, but  its  general  book  fund  is  inade- 
quate, and  it  is  embarrassed  by  lack  of 
money  for  general  administration.  The  City 
pays  for  the  Circulation  Department,  —  that 
is,  the  forty-two  Branch  Libraries  and  six 
Sub-branches,  outside  the  Central  Building, 
and  the  Library  for  the  Blind.  The  head- 
quarters offices  of  the  Circulation  Depart- 
ment are  in  the  Central  Building. 

The  City  pays  nothing  for  the  Reference 
Department  of  the  Library  (in  the  Central 
Building),  —  the  Main  Reading  Room,  and 
the  thirteen  special  reading  rooms.  Neither 
the  Director  of  the  Library  (who  admin- 
isters the  Circulation  as  well  as  Reference 
Department)  nor  any  employee  of  the  Ref- 
erence Department  is  paid  from  public  funds. 
The  City  pays  nothing  for  the  Central  Cir- 
culation Branch  and  the  Central  Children's 
Room  on  the  Forty-second  Street  side  of  the 
building.  More  books  are  borrowed  from 
the  Central  Circulation  Branch  than  from 
any  other  Branch  of  the  Library. 


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REFERENCE  DEPARTMENT 

The  Reference  Department  of  the  Library 
is  in  the  Central  Building,  476  Fifth  Avenue. 
It  maintains  a  collection  numbering  1,469,521 
volumes  and  pamphlets,  which  are  for  con- 
sultation within  the  building  only,  and  by 
the  terms  of  the  gifts  and  endowments 
which  provided  them,  may  not  be  borrowed 
for  home  use.  This  collection  includes  lit- 
erature on  all  subjects  of  interest  both  to  the 
general  reader  and  to  the  student,  but  it  is 
especially  rich  in  American  history,  the  eco- 
nomic and  social  sciences,  the  useful  arts, 
music  and  the  other  fine  arts,  public  docu- 
ments and  official  publications  of  govern- 
ments and  states,  and  files  of  periodicals. 
Since  there  are  large  special  libraries,  else- 
where in  the  City,  devoted  to  law,  theology, 
medicine  and  biology,  not  so  much  attempt 
has  been  made  in  tecent  years  to  obtain 
publications  upon  the  subjects.  Special  col- 
lections of  books  on  American  history;  gene- 
alogy; art  and  architecture;  music;  Jewish, 
Slavonic  and  oriental  literatures;  the  mathe- 
matical and  physical  sciences;  economics 
and  sociology;  public  documents;  technol- 
ogy; patents;  current  periodicals;  news- 
papers; and  maps  are  shelved  in  separate 
rooms.  The  main  reading  room  and  art  gal- 
leries are  on  the  third  floor  of  the  building. 

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The  main  reading  room  and  the  public 
catalogue  room  are  open  every  day  in  the 
year,  on  week  days  from  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m., 
on  Sundays  from  1  to  10  p.  m.  All  the 
special  reading  rooms  but  four  have  the 
same  hours  except  that  they  close  on  New 
Year's  day,  July  4,  and  Christmas.  The  map 
room,  music  room,  oriental  room,  and  pa- 
tents room  close  at  6  p.  m.  on  week  days  and 
the  entire  day  on  Sundays.  The  Stuart 
room  is  closed  on  Sundays,  the  other  art 
galleries  and  exhibition  rooms  being  open 
from  1  to  6  p.  m.  on  Sundays. 

The  Central  Building  of  the  Library  is  not 
a  show  place.  It  has  no  mural  paintings 
nor  elaborate  interior  decorations  to  attract 
sightseers.  Visitors  who  enter  the  front  door 
and  merely  look  around,  will  see  marble  cor- 
ridors and  no  books,  unless  they  go  to  one 
of  the  reading-rooms.  This  is  the  result  of 
a  deliberate  plan,  and  one  that  is  approved 
by  librarians  generally,  and  by  readers  ex- 
perienced in  the  use  of  libraries.  Except  for 
the  Central  Circulation^  Branch,  and  Central 
Children's  Room,  on  the  Forty-second  Street 
side,  the  reading  rooms  in  this  building  are 
for  study  and  research,  and  are  placed  and 
administered,  not  for  the  casual  reader,  but 
for  the  student,  to  whom  quiet,  and  an  op- 
portunity to  work  undisturbed,  are  impor- 
tant. Because  the  corridors  are  spacious 
the  Library  is  able  to  receive  between  six 
and  ten  thousand  visitors  daily,  without  con- 
fusion. 


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The  building  is  worth  a  visit,  however, 
and  over  two  million  people  come  into  it 
every  year.  It  is  absolutely  free,  like  all 
buildings  of  The  New  York  Public  Library, 
and  tips  to  employees  are  neither  expected 
nor  permitted.  Books  may  be  used  within 
the  building  without  giving  any  reference  or 
security:  the  best  way  to  find  out  about 
getting  the  Reference  Department  books  is 
to  go  to  the  Information  Desk  on  the  third 
floor.  A  sightseer  may  get  an  idea  of  the 
building  in  half  an  hour,  by  following  this 
route : 

Enter  by  the  front  door  on  Fifth  Avenue, 
and  go  into  the  Main  Exhibition  Room, 
which  faces  the  visitor  as  he  enters.  Here 
there  are  exhibitions,  changed  two  or  three 
times  a  year,  of  rare  books,  manuscripts, 
pictures  or  posters.  Follow  the  corridor  to 
the  left,  on  leaving  the  Exhibition  Room, 
and  look  into  the  Library  for  the  Blind,  on 
the  left  of  the  corridor.  Continue  by  this 
corridor  to  the  elevators,  and  ride  to  the 
third  floor.  On  this  floor,  on  the  front  of 
the  building  (toward  Fifth  Avenue)  are  pic- 
ture galleries,  with  permanent  collections  of 
paintings,  and  exhibitions  of  prints,  changed 
from  time  to  time.  At  the  north  end  of  the 
building,  in  Room  322,  is  the  Spencer  Collec- 
tion of  handsomely-illustrated  books  and 
books  in  fine  bindings.  In  the  center  of  the 
corridor,  at  the  head  of  the  staircases,  the 
door  to  the  west  leads  to  the  Public  Cata- 


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logue  Room,  and  Information  Desk.  This 
room,  in  turn,  leads  to  .the  main  reading 
room,  with  a  floor  area  of  half  an  acre,  and 
seats  for  768  readers.  To  get  an  idea  of  the 
size  and  proportions  of  this  room,  walk  to 
either  end  of  it,  and  view  it  from  that  point. 

Take  the  elevator  again  to  the  basement, 
and  look  in  at  the  Central  Circulation 
Branch,  —  a  single  room  from  which  over 
half  a  million  books  are  lent  each  year.  The 
Central  Children's  Room  is  near  by,  —  to 
many  sightseers  the  most  pleasing  room  in 
the  building.  The  nearest  exit  is  by  the  door 
leading  to  Forty-second  Street. 


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CIRCULATION  DEPARTMENT 


Borrowers'  Privileges 

The  field  of  the  Circulation  Department 
is  the  Boroughs  of  Manhattan,  The  Bronx, 
and  Richmond.  It  provides  for  every  per- 
son with  a  home  or  business  address  in  the 
City  the  free  privilege  of  borrowing  books 
from  its  Branch  Libraries.  Borrowers'  cards 
entitling  the  holders  to  draw  for  home  use 
six  books  and  one  current  magazine  are  issued 
to  readers  without  charge,  upon  personal 
application  at  any  branch.  In  the  summer, 
borrowers  may  take  out  eight  books  at  one 
time  for  vacation  reading.  This  privilege 
extends  from  May  15  to  October  1,  and  does 
not  apply  to  books  in  popular  demand. 


Branch  Libraries 

The  Branch  Libraries  are  operated  by  the 
Circulation  Department  of  The  New  York 
Public  Library.  Each  Branch  has  an  adult 
department  with  a  collection  of  books  for 
circulation  among  adult  readers,  a  juvenile 
department  with  books  for  the  special  use 
of  children,  and  a  reading  room  in  which  are 
kept  current  magazines,  and  reference  books. 

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Book  Collections 


The  book  collections  of  the  Branches  and 
the  Extension  Division  number  about  1,157,- 
000  volumes,  representing  about  132,000  sep- 
arate titles.  In  the  different  Branches  the 
collections  vary  in  size  according  to  the 
demands  of  population,  the  larger  Branches 
situated  in  densely  populated  sections  of  the 
City  containing  collections  numbering  from 
25,000  to  30,000  volumes,  while  the  smaller 
Branches  in  less  crowded  districts  have  from 
8,000  to  10,000  volumes.  For  the  most  part 
the  books  are  placed  on  open  shelves  to  which 
all  readers  have  free  access  for  personal  selec- 
tion and  consultation.  Besides  books  for 
circulation,  a  collection  of  reference  books, 
dictionaries,  encyclopaedias,  year-books,  etc., 
is  maintained  at  each  Branch,  and  an  assist- 
ant is  detailed  to  aid  readers  in  the  use  of 
these  books,  and  to  answer  questions. 

Additions  are  constantly  made  to  Branch 
collections,  both  by  the  duplication  of  books 
in  popular  demand,  and  by  the  purchase  of 
new  titles. 

Technical  Books.  —  In  response  to  the  de- 
mands of  readers  who  require  books  of  a 
technical  nature,  the  Library  maintains  at 
the  Branches  special  collections  of  up-to- 
date  books  dealing  with  the  useful  arts  and 
applied  sciences.  Books  are  included  on  a 
large  variety  of  subjects,  such  as  banking 
and  business  administration,  building  and 
construction,  manufacturing,  electrical  and 


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mechanical  engineering,  the  special  trades, 
handicrafts,  etc.  It  is  the  desire  of  the  Li- 
brary not  only  to  satisfy  the  general  reader, 
but  also  to  be  of  practical  assistance  to  the 
professional  and  business  man,  and  to  the 
artisan,  by  supplying  for  home  use  and  study 
the  best  books  about  their  special  interests. 

Special  Collections.  There  are  books  in 
foreign  languages  especially  French  and 
German,  in  all  the  Branches.  The  principal 
collections  of  books  in  foreign  tongues  other 
than  French  and  German,  are  these: 


Language  Branch 
Chinese     ....    Chatham  Square. 
Czecho-Slovak     -    -  Webster. 

Danish  Tottenville,  Central  Reserve. 

Dutch  Muhlenberg. 

Finnish      ....    125th  Street. 
Flemish     ....    Central  Reserve. 
Greek  (Modern)      -    Chatham  Square. 
Hebrew     ....    Seward  Park,  Aguilar. 
Hungarian      -    -    -    Tompkins  Square,  Hamilton 

Fish    Park,  Yorkville, 

Woodstock. 

Italian  Hudson  Park,  Aguilar. 

Norwegian     -    -    -  Tottenville. 

Polish  Rivington  St.,  Tompkins  Sq., 

Columbus,  Melrose. 

Roumanian     -    -    -    Rivington  Street. 

Russian     ....    Seward  Park,  Rivington  St., 

Hamilton  Fish  Park,  96th 
Street. 

Slovak  Webster. 

Spanish      ....    Jackson  Square. 

Swedish     ....    125th  Street. 

Servian      ....    Central  Reserve. 

Yiddish      ....    Rivington     Street,  Seward 

Park,  Hamilton  Fish  Park, 
Aguilar,  Tremont. 

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Music  Scores.  —  Music  is  represented  in 
every  one  of  the  Branches.  At  135th  Street 
Branch,  and  at  Webster  Branch,  will  be 
found  specialized  collections.  The  Czecho- 
slovak music  at  Webster  is  the  largest  col- 
lection in  the  United  States.  It  contains  full 
orchestra  scores  of  Smetana's  and  Dvorak's 
operas;  chamber  music;  piano  works  and 
songs;  and  the  source-book  of  Czecho- 
slovak folk-songs,  from  which  Novak  and 
other  composers  have  taken  their  themes. 

The  58th  Street  Branch,  having  the  largest 
number  of  available  volumes  in  the  City  for 
circulation,  has  been  made  the  musical  cen- 
tre of  the  Circulation  Department.  A  sep- 
arate room  in  the  building  has  been  given 
to  the  music,  and  a  special  librarian  placed 
in  charge.  Here  will  be  found  books  about 
music,  histories,  essays,  works  on  composi- 
tion, harmony,  orchestration,  conducting, 
etc.,  and  biographies  of  musicians,  minia- 
ture orchestral  scores,  vocal  scores  of  the 
operas  and  librettos,  oratorios  and  cantatas, 
songs,  organ  and  piano  works  and  chamber- 
music,  both  classic  and  modern;  and  a  recent 
acquisition  of  ultra-modern  piano  composi- 
tions extremely  valuable  to  the  student. 

The  Interbranch  Loan  System 

With  so  many  Branch  collections,  it  is 
manifestly  impracticable  to  duplicate  in  each 
Branch  any  but  the  works  of  standard  au- 
thors and  current  books  in  popular  demand. 


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In  order  that  the  other  books  may  be  dis- 
tributed among  the  different  Branches  to  the 
best  advantage,  and  at  the  same  time  be 
accessible  to  readers  in  all  parts  of  the  city, 
the  Circulation  Department  maintains  the 
Interbranch  Loan  System  for  the  inter- 
change of  books  between  Branches.  To 
insure  prompt  service  in  this  interchange 
of  books  the  Library  has  three  motor- 
wagons  which  start  from  the  Central  Build- 
ing each  morning  and  during  the  day  call  at 
all  Branches  in  Manhattan  and  The  Bronx. 
Branches  on  Staten  Island  are  reached 
through  outside  express  service. 

By  this  method  books  (except  Fiction)  in 
the  collection  of  any  one  Branch  are  made 
available  for  circulation  through  any  other 
Branch  upon  request  of  borrowers. 


Catalogues 

At  each  Branch  a  card  catalogue  is  kept 
in  which  are  listed  alphabetically,  by  author, 
title,  and  subject,  the  books  on  the  shelves. 
This  "dictionary"  catalogue  is  for  the  use  of 
readers,  and  library  assistants  are  always 
ready  to  explain  its  arrangement  and  answer 
any  questions  relating  to  its  use. 

Supplementary  to  the  card  catalogues  at 
the  various  Branches,  a  large  union  cata- 
logue of  the  books  in  the  entire  Department 
is  maintained  at  the   Cataloguing  Office, 


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Room  100,  Central  Building.  This  catalogue 
is  open  to  the  public  on  week-days  from 
9  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

Picture  Collection 

The  Picture  Collection  is  in  Room  100  of 
the  Central  Building,  and  is  open  on  week 
days  from  9  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m.  The  collection 
contains  more  than  100,000  pictures  and 
post-cards  on  a  wide  variety  of  subjects. 
They  may  be  borrowed  on  a  Library  card. 
Teachers,  illustrators,  designers,  clubs  and 
all  others  interested  in  the  use  of  pictures 
can  often  find  useful  material  in  the  Collec- 
tion. 

The  Extension  Division 

(Formerly  The  Travelling  Libraries) 

The  Extension  Division  is  in  the  Central 
Building,  and  has  a  separate  entrance  on  the 
Bryant  Park  side  from  West  40th  Street. 
Hours:  9  a.  m.,  to  6  p.m.,  week  days.  It  is 
maintained  for  the  purpose  of  supplying 
books  to  people  who  live  in  outlying  dis- 
tricts of  the  three  boroughs.  This  is  done 
through  Community  Centres  and  Sub- 
branches.  Where  the  community  is  respon- 
sible for  its  own  library,  that  is,  where  it 
houses  and  circulates  the  books  which  are 
provided  by  the  Extension  Division,  the 
station  is  known  as  a  Community  Centre. 
The  Division  exercises,  in  general,  a  super- 
visory interest  and  expects  a  monthly  report 


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of  circulation.  When  the  centre  grows  to 
such  proportions  that  it  cannot  be  cared  for 
by  voluntary  means,  the  Extension  Division 
takes  over  the  full  control  of  the  station  and 
establishes  a  Sub-branch.  These  are  rented 
quarters,  open  certain  afternoons  and  two 
evenings  a  week.  (See  list  of  Sub-branches, 
p.  41.) 

Books  are  placed  in  fire  and  police  sta- 
tions, and  in  such  institutions  as  old  ladies' 
homes,  prisons,  public  employment  bureaus, 
summer  camps,  schools  and  settlements. 

During  the  year  1920  there  were  463 
agencies  circulating  books.  A  total  of  425,- 
646  books  were  lent  for  home  use  and  75,140 
were  read  at  the  agencies  and  class  rooms. 


The  Library  for  the  Blind 

The  Library  for  the  Blind  is  in  Room  116 
on  the  first  floor  of  the  Central  Building. 
It  is  open  to  readers  on  weekdays  from  9 
a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.  The  present  collection  con- 
tains over  12,000  volumes  printed  in  the 
American  Braille,  Moon,  New  York  point, 
line  letter,  Revised  Braille,  grade  one  and 
a  half  and  Revised  Braille,  grade  two,  or, 
European  Braille;  5,800  music  scores;  all 
embossed  magazines  and  all  magazines  in 
ink  print  relating  to  work  with  the  blind. 

All  available  material  in  the  uniform  type, 
Revised  Braille,  grade  one  and  a  half,  is 
bought,  but  the  Library's  large  collections 


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in  the  New  York  point  and  American  Braille 
types  will  continue  to  be  used  for  many 
years. 

About  3,000  volumes  are  circulated  monthly. 
At  the  request  of  readers,  books  are  sent  free 
by  mail,  or  they  may  be  delivered  through 
any  Branch  Library.  The  Library  provides 
a  home  teacher,  without  charge,  for  adult 
blind  residents  of  the  city. 

Work  with  Children 

The  privileges  of  the  Library  are  offered 
to  every  child  living  in  the  boroughs  of 
Manhattan,  The  Bronx,  and  Richmond,  and 
upon  personal  application  at  any  Branch  a 
library  card  may  be  obtained  entitling  the 
holder  to  draw  books  from  the  children's 
room.  There  is  no  age  limit  for  children, 
but  as  a  rule  those  who  have  reached  the 
8th  grade  in  the  public  schools  (average  age 
14  years)  and,  in  the  opinion  of  the  children's 
librarian,  are  ready  for  more  mature  reading, 
will  be  admitted  to  the  adult  department. 

In  every  Branch  and  Sub-branch  a  room, 
or  section  of  a  room,  is  maintained  for  the 
use  of  children,  and  is  in  charge  of  an  assist- 
ant adapted  to  this  work.  Each  children's 
room  contains  a  representative  collection  of 
children's  books,  arranged  on  low  shelves 
and  separated  into  designated  classes,  such 
as  Fairy  Tales,  Stories,  Electricity,  History, 
Biography,  etc.    In  the  use  of  these  books 


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children  are  allowed  to  choose  freely  from 
the  shelves,  although  assistants  are  at  hand 
to  aid  in  the  selection. 

Besides  the  books  for  circulation,  each 
children's  room  contains  a  collection  of 
books  for  reading  and  reference  use  in  the 
building.  Many  of  these  books  are  in  attrac- 
tive illustrated  editions.  Boys  and  girls  avail 
themselves  freely  of  this  privilege  and  often 
come  to  read  and  study  in  the  children's 
rooms  in  connection  with  their  lessons. 

The  children's  room  in  the  Central  Build- 
ing contains  a  larger  collection  of  books 
(about  5,000  volumes)  for  reference  and 
reading  room  use,  in  addition  to  its  circu- 
lating collection.  Special  provision  is  made 
here  for  aiding  parents,  teachers,  authors, 
illustrators,  and  all  other  persons  interested 
in  books  for  children. 

Story-telling  is  assigned  a  definite  place 
in  the  work  of  the  children's  rooms,  and 
from  November  to  May,  groups  of  children 
and  of  older  boys  and  girls  come  together 
each  week  at  various  Branches  to  listen  to 
stories  told  by  library  assistants.  The  stories 
are  adapted  from  a  wide  range  of  literary 
sources,  and  include  folk-tales,  legends,  hero 
stories,  and  historical  tales,  the  general  pur- 
pose being  to  arouse  in  the  children  deeper 
and  more  varied  interests  in  reading. 

The  results  of  the  work  with  children  are 
only  partly  indicated  by  the  circulation 
during  1920  from  the  children's  rooms  of 


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3,882,799  volumes,  more  than  one-third  of 
the  total  circulation  for  the  year.  Through 
the  children's  rooms  the  Library  aims  not 
only  to  provide  for  the  children  of  this  city 
opportunity  for  reading  and  study,  under 
intelligent  guidance,  but  also  to  develop  in 
them  a  more  genuine  appreciation  of  its 
value  in  later  life. 


Work  with  Schools 

The  school  work  of  the  Library  is  carried 
on  as  a  part  of  the  community  work  of  each 
Branch  Library.  Pupils,  individually,  or  in 
class  groups  with  their  teachers,  may  go  to 
the  Library  to  use  the  reference  books,  to 
enjoy  the  reading-room  collections  in  the 
children's  rooms,  and  to  learn  how  to  be  self- 
reliant  and  at  ease  in  a  library. 

School  work  is  related  to  nearly  every  de- 
partment of  the  Library.  It  is  the  duty  of 
the  school  librarians  to  acquaint  teachers 
and  pupils  with  the  best  and  most  direct 
methods  of  using  these  departments. 

The  office  of  the  Supervisor  of  Work  with 
Schools  (Hours:  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  2- 
5  p.  m.,  Saturdays,  9-12  a.  m.)  is  at  the  58th 
Street  Branch.  Books,  pamphlets  and  read- 
ing lists  of  educational  interest  will  be  found 
there.  By  communicating  with  this  office, 
teachers  will  be  put  in  immediate  connection 
with  the  best  facilities  the  Library  can  offer, 
to  deal  with  their  individual  problems. 


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THE  LIBRARY  SCHOOL 


A  school  for  instruction  in  library  methods 
was  opened  in  1911.  It  occupies  quarters  in 
the  Central  Building,  where  a  lecture  hall,  a 
typewriting  room,  and  a  large  study  hall 
with  individual  desk-space  for  students  and 
instructors  are  given  over  for  school  pur- 
poses. 

Candidates  for  the  Library  School  are 
selected  carefully,  and  with  a  view  to  their 
fitness  for  librarianship.  The  courses  aggre- 
gate two  years  of  study  and  practical  work. 
The  first-year  curriculum  is  planned  to 
afford  general  and  well-rounded  preparation, 
those  who  complete  it  satisfactorily  being 
given  certificates.  The  second  year  aims 
at  specialization.  Students  who  fulfil  its 
requirements  receive  diplomas. 

New  York  City  and  its  libraries  provide 
unequalled  facilities  for  such  training  as  the 
prospective  librarian  needs.  Practically 
every  kind  of  library  activity  is  represented, 
and  the  instruction  by  the  Faculty  is  regu- 
larly supplemented  by  lectures  given  by 
library  workers  of  prominence,  and  by  visits, 
observation,  and  practical  assignments  bear- 
ing upon  it.   As  far  as  possible  also  the  class- 

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work  is  related  to  the  various  civic,  social 
and  educational  enterprises  carried  on  in  the 
city.  Incidentally  those  enrolled  are  encour- 
aged to  attend  book-auctions,  to  visit  mu- 
seums, and  to  take  full  advantage  of  the  best 
that  New  York  offers  in  the  way  of  lectures, 
music,  and  the  drama.  These  opportunities 
have  attracted  some  hundreds  of  students 
to  the  School  in  its  nine  years  of  existence, 
including  young  men  and  women  from  all 
sections  of  the  United  States  and  from  sev- 
eral foreign  countries. 

The  Library  School  issues  a  circular 
descriptive  of  its  work  and  facilities,  which 
will  be  mailed  upon  request.  Address  the 
Principal  of  the  Library  School,  Room  73, 
476  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 


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MUNICIPAL  REFERENCE  LIBRARY 


The  Municipal  Reference  Library  is  a 
branch  maintained  in  the  Municipal  Build- 
ing (Room  512.  Telephone:  1072  Worth) 
for  the  use  of  the  City  officials  and  em- 
ployees. Hours:  Week-days  only.  9  a.m., 
to  5  p.  m.  Saturdays,  to  1  p.  m.  As  a  deposi- 
tory of  New  York  City  documents,  with  a 
collection  of  books,  pamphlets,  periodicals, 
maps,  directories,  etc.,  required  in  the  work 
of  any  department,  and  reports  from  all 
important  cities,  it  serves  as  a  bureau  of 
information  and  ready  reference  library.  A 
weekly  bulletin  —  The  Municipal  Reference 
Library  Notes  —  is  circulated  among  the  city 
officials  and  to  civic  workers  throughout  the 
country.  It  is  devoted  to  municipal  affairs 
and  to  recent  printed  material  on  the  sub- 
ject. A  Public  Health  Division  is  main- 
tained in  the  Health  Department  Building, 
505  Pearl  Street,  and  a  Civic  Art  Division  in 
the  Art  Commission  in  City  Hall. 


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HOURS  OF  OPENING 

(Circulation  Department ,  Branch  Libraries) 

Central  Circulation  open  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m. 
every  week  day,  2  to  6  p.  m.  on  Sundays.  Chil- 
dren's Room  9  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m.  on  week  days. 
Library  for  the  Blind  and  Circulation  De- 
partment Offices  open  9  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.  on 
week  -days.  Extension  Division,  9  a.  m.  to  6 
p.  m.  on  week  days.  Other  branches,  9  a.  m.  to 
9  p.  m.  on  week  days.  Exceptions  as  follows : 
Central  Circulation  and  branches  in  Carnegie 
buildings  open  full  hours  on  all  holidays ;  other 
branches  closed  on  all  holidays  and  Christmas 
eve.  For  hours  of  Sub-branches,  see  page  41- 
42. 

At  the  Rivington  Street  Branch  an  open- 
air  reading  room  on  the  roof  is  open  during  the 
summer  months. 


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MANHATTAN  BRANCHES 


The  address  is  given  first;  the  name  of  the  Branch 
follows  in  (  ).  When  no  name  is  given,  it  is  the  same 
as  the  name  of  the  street. 

*  East  Broadway,  33.     (Chatham  Square.) 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Alessios. 

East  Broadway  cars  pass  door;  2nd  and  3rd 
Avenue  Elevated  (Chatham  Square)  and  3rd 
and  4th  Avenue  surface  cars.  Telephone,  719 
Orchard. 

*  East  Broadway,  192.    (Seward  Park.)  Miss 

Esther  Johnston. 

East  Broadway  cars  pass  door.  Subway  to  Brook- 
lyn Bridge  and  Avenue  B  surface  cars;  2nd 
Avenue  Elevated  (Canal  Street).  Telephone, 
4876  Orchard. 

*  Rivington  Street,  61.   Miss  L  H.  Horak. 

2nd  Avenue  surface  cars;  2nd  Avenue  Elevated. 
Telephone,  3496  Orchard. 

*  Houston  Street,  388  East.    (Hamilton  Fish 

Park.)    Miss  H.  C.  Ellis. 

Brooklyn  cars  of  8th  or  14th  Street  lines  cross 
Houston  Street  within  four  blocks.  Telephone, 
3893  Orchard. 

*  Leroy  Street,  66.    (Hudson  Park.)  Miss 

M.  A.  Leonard. 

8th  Avenue  surface  cars;  9th  Avenue  Elevated; 
7th  Avenue  Subway  (Houston  Street).  Tele- 
phone, 3423  Spring. 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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8th  Street.    135  Second  Avenue.  (Ottendor- 
fer.)    Miss  Lucie  Bohmert. 

2nd  Avenue  cars  pass  door;  8th  Street  crosstown 
line  within  one  block;  2nd  Avenue  Elevated 
(8th  Street);  3rd  Avenue  Elevated  (9th  Street); 
Subway  (Astor  Place).  Telephone,  947  Or- 
chard. 

*  10th  Street,  331  East.    (Tompkins  Square.) 
Miss  Ruth  Wellman. 

8th  Street  crosstown  cars  (10th  Street  ferry) 
pass  door;  Avenue  B  cars,  and  8th  Street  and 
14th  Street  cars  to  and  from  Williamsburg 
Bridge  pass  within  one  block.  Telephone,  753 
Orchard. 

13th  Street,  251  West.     (Jackson  Square.) 
Mrs.  G.  F.  Hamilton. 

14th  Street  cars  and  8th  Avenue  cars  pass  within 
one  block;  7th  Avenue  Subway  (14th  Street). 
Telephone,  1213  Chelsea. 

*23rd  Street,  228  East.    (Epiphany.)  Miss 
Eugenie  Krauss. 

23rd  Street  crosstown  cars  pass  the  door;  2nd  and 
3rd  Avenue  surface  cars  within  one  block,  2nd 
and  3rd  Avenue  Elevated  (23rd  Street).  Tele- 
phone, 6551  Gramercy. 

*23rd    Street,    209   West.  (Muhlenberg.) 
Miss  E.  R.  Andrews. 

23rd  Street  surface  line  passes  the  door;  7th  Ave- 
nue cars  a  few  feet  east;  6th  Avenue  Elevated 
(23rd  Street)  one  block  east;  8th  Avenue  sur- 
face cars  one  block  west;  7th  Avenue  Subway 
(23rd  Street).    Telephone,  3075  Chelsea. 

*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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*  36th  Street,  303  East.  (St.  Gabriel's  Park.) 

Miss  Julia  C.  Leonard. 

34th  Street  cars  (2nd  Avenue)  within  two  blocks; 
2nd  Avenue  Elevated  (34th  Street).  Telephone, 
1671  Murray  Hill. 

*  40th  Street,  457  West.   Miss  Ruth  Saxton, 

in  charge. 

10th  Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  42nd  Street 
cars  within  two  blocks;  9th  Avenue  Elevated 
(42nd  Street).    Telephone,  1565  Longacre. 

42nd  Street  and  Fifth  Avenue.  (Central  Cir- 
culation.) Miss  I.  M.  Cooper.  (Miss 
Carolyn  F.  Ulrich,  temporarily  in  charge.) 
In  the  basement  of  the  Central  Building, 
directly  opposite  the  42nd  Street  entrance. 
Central  Children's  Room,  Miss  Lenore 
Power. 

42nd  Street  cars  pass  door;  6th  Avenue  Elevated 
and  surface  cars  one  block  west;  Madison  Ave- 
nue cars  one  block  east;  all  Subways  to  Grand 
Central  or  Times  Square.  Telephone,  3600  Van- 
derbilt. 

50th  Street,  123  East.  (Cathedral.)  Miss 
M.  C.  O'Meara. 

Lexington  Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  Lexing- 
ton Avenue  Subway  (51st  Street).  Telephone, 
3066  Plaza. 

*  51st  Street.    742  Tenth  Avenue.  (Colum- 

bus.)   Miss  E.  C.  Doughty. 

10th  Avenue  cars  pass  door;  9th  Avenue  Elevated 
(50th  Street).    Telephone,  7876  Circle. 

*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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*  58th  Street,  121  East.    Miss  E.  C.  Wilson. 

59th  Street  and  Lexington  Avenue  cars  within 
one  block;  3rd  Avenue  Elevated;  Lexington 
Avenue  Subway  (59th  Street).  Telephone,  1615 
Plaza. 

*  67th.  Street,  328  East.   Miss  E.  M.  O'Meara. 

1st  and  2nd  Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  Lexing- 
ton Avenue  Subway  (68th  Street).  Telephone, 
2837  Rhinelander. 

*  69th  Street.   190  Amsterdam  Avenue.  (Riv- 

erside.)   Miss  Kate  Kaufman. 

10th  Avenue  cars  pass  door;  Broadway  and  Am- 
sterdam Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  West 
Side  Elevated  and  Subway  (66th  or  72nd 
Street).    Telephone,  597  Columbus. 

*  78th  Street.    1465  Avenue  A.  (Webster.) 

Miss  Zaidee  Griffin. 

1st  Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  2nd  Avenue 
Elevated  (80th  Street) ;  3rd  Avenue  Elevated 
(76th  Street);  Lexington  Avenue  Subway  (77th 
Street).     Telephone,  6372  Rhinelander. 

*79th  Street,  222  East.    (Yorkville.)  Miss 
G.  D.  Ackley. 

2nd  and  3rd  Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  2nd 
Avenue  Elevated  (80th  Street);  3rd  Avenue 
Elevated  (76th  Street)  ;  Lexington  Avenue  Sub- 
way (77th  or  84th  Street).  Telephone,  5824 
Rhinelander. 

*  81st  Street.    444  Amsterdam  Avenue.  (St. 

Agnes.)    Miss  C.  H.  Meade. 

Amsterdam  Avenue  cars  pass  door;  West  Side 
Elevated  (81st  Street);  West  Side  Subway 
(79th  or  86th  Street).  Telephone,  3757  Schuy- 
ler. 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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*  96th  Street,  112  East.   Miss  Ida  Simpson. 

Lexington  Avenue  surface  cars  within  one  block; 
3rd  Avenue  Elevated  (99th  Street) ;  Lexington 
Avenue  Subway  (96th  Street).  Telephone,  2216 
Lenox. 

100th    Street,   206   West.  (Bloomingdale.) 
Miss  Roberta  K.  Lindsay,  in  charge. 

Broadway  and  Amsterdam  Avenue  cars  within 
one  block;  Broadway  Subway  (96th  or  103rd 
Street).    Telephone,  736  Riverside. 

*  110th  Street,  174  East.     (Aguilar.)  Miss 

Dorothy  M.  Black,  in  charge. 

110th  Street  cars  pass  door;  3rd  and  Lexington 
Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  3rd  Avenue 
Elevated  (106th  Street);  Lexington  Avenue 
Subway  (110th  Street).  Telephone,  1205  Har- 
lem. 

*115th  Street,  201  West.    Miss  Leah  Lewin- 
son. 

116th  Street  surface  cars  within  one  block;  West 
Side  Elevated  (116th  Street);  Lenox  Avenue 
Subway  (116th  Street).  Telephone,  6807  Uni- 
versity. 

*124th  Street,  9  West.    Mount  Morris  Park. 
(Harlem  Library.)    Miss  C.  G.  Thorne. 

Lenox  Avenue  cars  within  one  block;  125th  Street 
cars  within  one  block;  125th  Street  station, 
N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.,  at  Park  Avenue;  Lenox  or  Lex- 
ington Avenue  Subway  (125th  Street).  Tele- 
phone, 1823  Harlem. 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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125th  Street,  224  East.  Miss  Gertrude  Cohen. 

125th  Street  cars  pass  door;  2nd  and  3rd  Avenue 
cars  within  one  block;  3rd  Avenue  Elevated 
(125th  Street);  125th  Street  station,  N.  Y.  C. 
R.  R.,  at  Park  Avenue;  Lexington  Avenue  Sub- 
way (125th  Street).    Telephone,  216  Harlem, 


125th  Street,  518  West.  (George  Bruce.)  Miss 
I.  de  Treville. 


Broadway  Subway  to  125th  Street;  3rd  and 
Amsterdam  Avenue  cars  to  125th  Street.  Tele- 
phone, 9695  Morningside. 


135th  Street  surface  cars  pass  door;  Lenox  Ave- 
nue surface  cars  and  Subway  (135th  Street) 
pass  adjacent  corner.  Telephone,  6736  Morn- 
ingside. 

*  145th  Street,  503  West.  (Hamilton  Grange.) 

Miss  L.  J.  Hinsdale. 

145th  Street  crosstown  cars  pass  door;  Amsterdam 
Avenue  cars  and  Broadway  Subway  within  one 
block.    Telephone,  2147  Audubon. 

*  160th   Street.     1000   St.   Nicholas  Avenue. 

(Washington  Heights.)  Miss  E.  M. 
Sauer. 

Amsterdam  Avenue  cars  pass  the  door;  Broadway 
Subway  (157th  Street).  Telephone,  6054  Wads- 
worth. 

*  179th  Street,  535  West.  (Fort  Washington.) 

Miss  Theresa  Blumberg. 

Broadway  Subway  (181st  Street),  surface  cars  on 
Amsterdam  Avenue.     Telephone,  8765  Wads- 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


Rose. 


103  West.    Miss  Ernestine 


worth. 


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BRONX  BRANCHES 


*  140th  Street,  321  East,  corner  of  Alexander 

Avenue.  (Mott  Haven.)  Miss  N.  E. 
Plummer. 

3rd  Avenue  Elevated  to  138th  or  143rd  Street  sta- 
tions; 138th  Street  station  on  N.  Y.  Central 
from  Grand  Central  Station,  42nd  Street;  Bronx 
surface  cars  all  pass  near  on,  or  transfer  to,  3rd 
Avenue  one  block  east;  Manhattan  135th  Street 
cars  cross  Madison  Avenue  bridge  to  138th 
Street  in  The  Bronx  and  cross  Alexander  Ave- 
nue two  blocks  south  of  140th  Street;  Lexington 
Avenue  Subway  (Local  to  3rd  Avenue).  Tele- 
phone, 2029  Melrose. 

*160th  Street,,  759  East.    (Woodstock.)  Miss 
Augusta  Markowitz. 

Lenox  or  Lexington  Avenue  Subway  (Bronx  Park 
trains  to  Prospect  Avenue);  163rd  Street  cross- 
town  cars  within  three  blocks.  Telephone,  9068 
Melrose. 

*  162nd  Street,  910  Morris  Avenue.  (Mel- 

rose.)   Mrs.  I.  L.  Molnar. 

Melrose  station  on  N.  Y.  Central  from  Grand 
Central  Station.  Third  Avenue  Elevated  (161st 
Street);  Jerome  Avenue  Subway  (161st  Street). 
Telephone,  9063  Melrose. 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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*  16Sth  Street,  78  West,  corner  of  Woody- 

crest  Avenue.  (Highbridge.)  Miss  Mar- 
jorie  Winn. 

Jerome  Avenue  surface  cars  to  Shakespeare 
Avenue;  Ogden  Avenue  cars  to  168th  Street; 
Jerome  Avenue  Subway  or  6th  or  9th  Avenue 
Elevated  (167th  Street).  Telephone,  1889 
Jerome. 

*  169th  Street,  610  East.  (Morrisania.)  Miss 

M.  E.  Grimm. 

3rd  Avenue  Elevated  to  169th  Street  station; 
Lenox  or  Lexington  Avenue  Subway  (Bronx 
Park  trains) ;  transfer  to  3rd  Avenue  Elevated 
at  149th  Street.    Telephone,  675  Jerome. 

*  176th    Street.     1866   Washington  Avenue. 

(Tremont.)    Miss  Louise  E.  Jones. 

Crosstown  cars  on  177th  Street  (Tremont  Ave- 
nue) ;  3rd  Avenue  Elevated  (Tremont  Avenue)  ; 
Subway  (Bronx  Park  trains)  transfers  to  Ele- 
vated at  3rd  Avenue  station  (149th  Street); 
Tremont  station  on  N.  Y.  Central  from  Grand 
Central.    Telephone,  994  Tremont. 

*  230th    Street.     3041    Kingsbridge  Avenue. 

(Kingsbridge.)  Miss  Florence  Normile, 
in  charge. 

N.  Y.  Central  R.  R.  (Main  line  or  Putnam  divi- 
sion) ;  Broadway  Subway  (231st  Street).  Tele- 
phone, 169  Kingsbridge. 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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RICHMOND  BRANCHES 


*  St.  George.    5  Central  Avenue.  Tompkins- 

ville  P.  O.  (Staten  Island  Office  of  Exten- 
sion Division.)    Miss  Anita  Allen. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan.  Surface  cars 
and  Rapid  Transit.  Telephone,  463  Tompkins- 
ville. 

*  Port  Richmond.    75  Bennett  Street,  Port 

Richmond  P.  O.   Miss  Ethel  Savacool. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St.  George, 
thence  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  or  trolley 
cars  to  Port  Richmond.  Telephone,  158  Port 
Richmond. 

*  Stapleton.     132   Canal    Street,   corner  of 

Brook  Street,  Stapleton  P.  O.  Miss  H.  E. 
Olmsted. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St.  George, 
thence  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  to  Staple- 
ton.  Station  within  a  few  blocks.  Midland 
surface  cars  pass  near  door.  Telephone,  427 
Tompkinsville. 

*  Tottenville.   7430  Amboy  Road,  near  Pros- 

pect Avenue.   Miss  Frances  Westover. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St.  George, 
thence  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  to  Totten- 
ville.   Telephone,  945  Tottenville. 


*  Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  weekday 
(legal  holidays  included). 


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SUB-BRANCHES 


City  Island.  325  City  Island  Avenue,  between 
Fordham  and  Bay  Streets. 

Open  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  Friday  and 
Saturday,  2  to  5.30  p.m.;  Friday,  7.30  to  9.30 
p.  m. 

Lexington  Avenue  Subway  to  Pelham  Bay  Park, 
bus  to  City  Island. 

Columbia.    Room  108a,  Columbia  University 
Library. 

Open  Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  10  to  12.30,  1.30  to  5  p.m.;  Tuesday 
evening,  6  to  9;  Saturday,  10  a.  m  to  1  p.  m. 

Amsterdam  Avenue  and  Broadway  surface  cars 
pass  door;  Broadway  Subway  (116th  Street). 
Telephone,  1400  Morningside. 

Fordham.  2647  Bainbridge  Avenue,  near  194th 
Street. 

Open  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  3  to  6  p.  m.;  Monday 
and  Thursday,  3  to  5,  and  6  to  9  p.  m.;  Satur- 
day, 10  a.  m.  to  1  p.  m.,  2  to  5  p.  m. 

Jerome  Avenue  Subway  to  177th  Street,  Elevated 
to  Kingsbridge  Road  or  Third  Avenue  Elevated 
(Fordham  Road). 

Van  Nest.    1743  Wallace  Avenue. 

Open  Monday,  Tuesday  and  Friday,  3  to  6  p.  m.; 
Wednesday,  3  to  5,  and  6  to  9  p.  m.;  Saturday, 
12  m.  to  5  p.  m.,  6  to  9  p.  m. 

Subway  (Bronx  Park  trains)  to  177th  Street; 
change  to  Morris  Park  Avenue  surface  car. 

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West  New  Brighton.   848  Castleton  Avenue, 

West  New  Brighton,  S.  I. 

Open  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Friday, 
3  to  6  p.  m.;  Wednesday  and  Saturday  3  to  5, 
6  to  9  p.  m. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St.  George, 
Castleton  Avenue  cars  pass  the  door. 

William sbridge.     3777  White  Plains  Road, 
entrance  on  219th  Street. 

Open  Monday,  Thursday  and  Friday,  3  to  6  p.m.; 

Tuesday,  3  to  5,  and  6  to  9  p.m.;  Saturday, 

12  m.  to  5  p.  m.,  6  to  9  p.  m. 
Lexington  Avenue  Subway  to  177th  Street,  shuttle 

to  219th  Street,  or  White  Plains  Avenue  surface 

cars  pass  the  door. 


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BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  * 

William  W.  Appleton 
George  F.  Baker,  Jr. 
Cleveland  H.  Dodge 
Samuel  Greenbaum 
Edward  S.  Harkness 
Archbishop  P.  J.  Hayes 
Arthur  Curtiss  James 
Lewis  Cass  Ledyard 
John  G.  Milburn 
J.  P.  Morgan 
Morgan  J.  O'Brien 
Stephen  H.  Olin 
William  Barclay  Parsons 
Elihu  Root 
Edward  W.  Sheldon 
William  Sloane 
I.  N.  Phelps  Stokes 
Henry  Walters 
Payne  Whitney 
John  F.  Hylan 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York,  ex  officio. 

Charles  L.  Craig 

Comptroller  of  the  City  of  New  York,  ex  officio. 

Fiorello  H.  La  Guardia 

President  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  ex  officio. 


*  April  15,  1921.    There  are  three  vacancies. 


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OFFICERS 

President,  Lewis  Cass  Led  yard 

First  Vice-President,  Elihu  Root 

Second  Vice-President,  Cleveland  H.  Dodge 

Secretary,  William  Sloane 

Treasurer,  Edward  W.  Sheldon 

Assistant  Treasurer,  United  States  Trust 
Company,  45  Wall  Street 

Director,   Edwin   H.   Anderson,   476  Fifth 
Avenue 

STAFF  OFFICERS 

GENERAL 

Edwin  H.  Anderson,  Director 

I.  Ferris  Lockwood,  Bursar 

Robert  R.  Finster,  Secretary  to  the  Director 

Edwin  W.  Gaillard,  Special  Investigator 

Edmund  L.  Pearson,  Editor 

REFERENCE  DEPARTMENT 

H.  M.  Lydenberg,  Chief  Reference  Librarian 
Keyes  D.  Metcalf,  Executive  Assistant 
C.  H.  A.  Bjerregaard,  Chief  of  Readers  Divi- 
sion 

Charles  F.  McCombs,  In  charge  Main  Reading 
Room 

Robert  W.  Henderson,  In  charge  of  Stack. 

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F.  A.  Waite,  Chief  of  Information  Division 

Wilberforce  Eames,  Bibliographer 

Frank  Weitenkampf,  L.H.D.,  Chief  of  Art 
and  Prints  Division 

Victor  H.  Paltsits,  Chief  of  American  His- 
tory Division  and  Keeper  of  Manuscripts 

Otto  Kinkeldey,  Ph.D.,  Chief  of  Music  Divi- 
sion 

Henry  C.  Strippel,  Chief  of  Genealogy  Divi- 
sion 

Paul  N.  Rice,  Chief  of  Preparation  Division 

Axel  Moth,  Chief  Cataloguer 

Abraham  Yarmolinsky,  Chief  of  Slavonic 
Division 

A.  S.  Freidus,  Chief  of  Jewish  Division 

Richard  Gottheil,  Ph.D.,  Chief  of  Oriental 
Division 

C.  C.  Williamson,  Ph.D.,  Chief  of  Economics 
Division 

Miss  Annie  C.  Tompkins,  Chief  of  Periodi- 
cals Division 

W.  B.  Gamble,  Chief  of  Science  and  Tech- 
nology Division 

Louis  H.  Fox,  Chief  of  Newspaper  Division 

John   Archer,    Superintendent   of  Printing 
Office  and  Bindery 

John  H.  Fedeler,  Building  Superintendent 

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CIRCULATION  DEPARTMENT 

Franklin  F.  Hopper,  Chief  of  the  Department 

Miss  Florence  Overton,  Supervisor  of 
Branches 

Miss  Dorothy  A.  Goodrich,  Secretary  to  the 
Chief 

Miss  Annie  Carroll  Moore,  Supervisor  of 
Work  with  Children 

Miss  E.  F.   Cragin,   Superintendent   of  the 
Cataloguing  Office 

Miss  Mary  Frank,  Superintendent  of  Exten- 
sion Division 

Miss  Alice  Bunting,  Superintendent  of  the 
Interbranch  Loan  Office 

Miss  Mabel  Williams,  Supervisor  of  Work 

with  Schools 
H.  J.  Grumpelt,  Accountant 
LeRoy  Jeffers,  Manager  of  Book  Order  Office 
Miss  Rose  G.  Murray,  Supervisor  of  Binding 
Miss  Lucille  Goldthwaite,  in  charge  of  the 

Library  for  the  Blind 
Miss  Isabella  M.  Cooper,  in  charge  of  Central 

Circulation    Branch    (Miss    Carolyn  F. 

Ulrich,  temporarily  in  charge.) 
Miss   Lenore  Power,  in  charge  of  Central 

Children's  Room 


Ernest  J.  Reece,  Principal  of  the  Library 
School 

Rebecca  B.  Rankin,  Librarian  Municipal  Ref- 
erence Branch,  Municipal  Building 

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PUBLICATIONS 

Periodicals 
(Apply  at  Room  210,  Central  Building) 

Annual  Report  of  The  New  York  Public 
Library.  (A  limited  number  are  given  free 
upon  request.) 

Bulletin  of  The  New  York  Public  Library. 
Published  monthly.  Chiefly  devoted  to  the 
Reference  Department.  Bibliography,  news  of 
the  Library,  reprints  of  manuscripts,  descrip- 
tions of  new  accessions.  $1.00  a  year ;  current 
single  numbers  for  10  cents.  Back  numbers  at 
advanced  rates. 

Nczv  Technical  Books.  A  selected  list  of 
books  on  industrial  arts  and  engineering, 
recently  added  to  the  Library.  Published 
quarterly.  (A  limited  number  given  free  on 
request.) 

Municipal  Reference  Library  Notes.  Pub- 
lished weekly,  except  during  July  and  August, 
for  circulation  amons  the  officials  and  em- 
ployees of  the  City  of  New  York.  Price:  $1.50 
a  year;  5  cents  a  copy.  Apply  at  Room  512, 
Municipal  Building. 


The  Reference  Department  also  publishes 
lists  of  books  in  the  Library  upon  various  his- 
torical, literary,  and  scientific  subjects,  as  well 
as  texts  from  manuscripts  owned  by  the  Li- 
brary. The  Circulation  Department  publishes 
lists  of  books  for  adults  and  for  children.  For 
a  complete  list  of  the  Library's  publications 
now  in  print,  see  the  current  Bulletin  of  The 
New  York  Public  Library. 


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